Recognizing our Co-Finance Chair Michael Diaz, Jr.

We are excited and honored to recognize Michael Diaz Jr., the Co-Finance Chair of the Joe Perkins for Circuit Judge Campaign Committee!

Michael is the founding partner of Diaz Reus, and international law firm with 29 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Michael is a multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbitral advocate with 33 years of experience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating resolutions to complex civil, arbitral and criminal disputes. He has extensive experience handling visa recovery efforts, FCPA and OFAC violations, and Specially Designated Nationals classifications. He regularly counsels on preventative arbitration and litigation strategies and conducts parallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory, investigative and compliance matters that involve financial fraud, international asset recovery and white-collar crime. Mr. Diaz’s sophisticated asset tracing techniques have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for U.S. receivers, financial institutions, and individual fraud victims. He has handled numerous notable, well-publicized litigation and arbitration cases, OFAC and sanctions matters, and cases of alleged money laundering and public corruption.

Michael is recognized and ranked in Legal500 USA 2019 for “Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals”; Legal500 USA 2019 for “International Litigation”; Legal 500 Latin America 2019 for “Miami firms”, Chambers Latin America 2020 and Chambers Global 2019 for “Corporate Crime & Investigations, Latin America-wide”; Chambers USA 2019 for “Litigation, general commercial, Florida” and “White collar crime & government investigations”; Best Lawyers USA 2020 for “International Arbitration – Governmental and Commercial”; Best Lawyers Panama 2019-2020 for “Corporate and M&A law”; Florida Super Lawyers International Law and Top Lawyers Honors for South Florida Legal Guide; Global Investigation Review 100 (GIR100). He is recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys and listed among the Top Litigators in Latin America by Latinvex.  Michael has earned ongoing recognition from his peers, maintaining an AV Preeminent-rating from Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review rankings for more than 20 years.  Michael is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS).

We are honored to have Michael on the team!

Michael Diaz Jr., Esq., the Co-Finance Chair of the Joe Perkins for Circuit Judge Campaign Committee.